Get clear on AI, build confidence, and discover your next best step to unlock its true potential.
What if you could look at AI and say, “I get it. I know exactly how this fits into what I do, and I’m ready to make it work”?
That’s the promise of AI Unlocked is to demystify AI - what it is, how it works and why it matters but all without the tech overwhelm. Learn the easiest, most valuable AI tools from simple automations to surprising apps or platforms that you can use immediately in your day-to-day.
In AI Unlocked you will also learn how to improve your foundations and systems for your best AI success: This means understanding the common pitfalls and challenges - navigating change, data and tech, and ethics through to unlocking the most exciting opportunities you have to improve your workflow.
By the end of this course, you will have enhanced knowledge, tools and skills and be able to confidently use AI in your day-to-day. You will have a solid plan for where AI fits into in your longer-term strategy too, together with a personalised action plan that you can trust, activate and follow immediately.
This course is for nonprofit professionals and leaders, consultants, freelancers who want to enhance their work but who also want to understand the big picture and maintain their AI progress without the tech overwhelm.
Module 1: Understanding AI - From Big Picture to Little Details
Get a clear, simple explanation of what AI is, how it works, and where it fits into your world—especially in the social impact sector. We’ll bust myths and use real-world examples to show how AI is solving both personal frustrations and big challenges.
Module 2: Adopting the Right AI Mindset
Learn how to think about AI, navigate complexity, and overcome common fears or barriers. We’ll focus on the mindset shifts needed to embrace AI and tackle the tough questions it raises.
Module 3: Keeping AI Ethical and Human-Centered
Discover how to use AI responsibly and build trust around it. You’ll learn how to keep AI aligned with your values through fairness, transparency, and accountability, with practical steps for real-world ethical AI practices.
Module 4: Getting the Right AI Tools and Skills
Explore practical AI tools and learn how to integrate them into your daily work. This module is filled with moments of surprise as you discover how AI can drive value across various roles and team sizes.
Module 5: Making AI Work for You and Your Team
Create a step-by-step plan to integrate AI into your work, whether you’re an individual or part of a team. We’ll guide you through AI readiness and maturity, showing how AI can be scaled across different contexts.
Module 6: Staying Ahead with AI
Learn how to grow with AI, avoid common mistakes, and stay prepared for the future. We’ll equip you with strategies to follow trends responsibly, ensuring your AI use remains sustainable and ethical as it scales.
PLAI is built on the science of learning and behavioral change, offering a seriously playful, imaginative, and courageous approach that works. Our courses are designed to challenge your thinking, help you build valuable habits, and focus on people—because AI is more than just tech.
You'll join a cohort of like-minded social impact professionals, sharing simialr challenges and ready to grow together.
4 x LIVE Sessions
+ AI Learning Hub
+ AI Resource Kit